Swimming doll



A. L. FIERLEIN.

SWIMMING DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.28, 1920.

Patented Dec. 13,1921,

names STATES PATENT orriee.

I ALBERT L. FIEBLEIN, or BATAVIA, I/LL-IINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd Dec, 13, 1921;

Application filed October 28, 1920. SeriaINo. 420,269

larly to that class thereof which is intended for use in water, the interest in which attaches to their performance of' various evolutions in that medium.

The object thereof is to provide an ad'- justably weighted doll having limbs so formed and which may be so positioned that the doll may be caused toperform a great variety of movements in accordance with the position in which the limbs are placed when it is plungedinto the water.

The principles of my invention are illustrated in the drawings mlwlnch Figure 1- shows a vertical transversesection of a doll structure made in accordance therewith.

Fig. 2 is section of the same upon the line 2, 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section, the figure being shown in a differentposition.

Further describing my invention with reference to the drawings in which like characters of reference denote like parts throughout, 1 is the body portion of a doll, 2 is a head securely attached thereto; Arms comprising the upper portions 3, 3 and the forearms 4:, l are attached to the shoulders by means of the pivots 5, 5 and the two portions of the arms are attached to each other atthe elbows by pivots 6, 6. The hands 7 ,j7 should preferably be broadened as shown to a spatulate form. Legs comprising the up- 4 per or thigh portions 8, 8 are attached to the lower portion of the body by pivot bolt 9 and the lower portions of the legs 10, 10 are attached at the knee joints by pivots 11, 11. The frictional hold of the several members on the body and on each other as established by the pivot bolts should be such as to prevent ready displacement of. the members and suflicient to hold them in proper relative position in the water as fixed before the figure is committed thereto and adjusting means may beprovided as illustrated by the shoulder pivots 5. i

The jointed'limbs, or the members thereof as desired, should be of greater specific gravity than that of the material comprising the body and head. This result may be at-' tained by making them of suitable unitary weights 12, 12; etc., which are inclosed in The material comprising the body and head of the figure should be of wood, cork orother materialofless specific gravity than that of water. An elongated" chamber 13 1s formed'in the body of the figure and extend's upwardly intothe hea d. A limited. quantity of readily movable weighting ma.

terial'is placed inlsaid chamber or cavity. This is preferably in the form of ordinary lead shot, i.

The entire aggregate result of the conmaterial orby providing them with fixed v the several structures themselves or applied thereto in any suitableorconvenient form.

struction described'is toproduce a structure having a-specific gravity slightly less than that of the water in which it is to be used,

so that when immersed the whole will float awash at the surface.

When 'it is desired to' make use of the toy the arms and legs will be'moved upon the pivot joints in accordance with the action sought. For instance, if the action desired move to the normally upper end of the is that of ordinary diving, the limbs may be i chamber 13 and the head will be overweighted. When plunged into the water the'figure will be carried tofa considerable depth, the

path taken being determined largely by the position of the limbs. V I The guiding action of the latter, particularly of the arms, will cause the figure to describe a curved path until'the body of the figure passes the horiv zontal and the head begins to, rise. The movable weighting material 14 will. then move to the lower part of the receptacle 13 as shown in Fig. 3. The center of gravity will be changed and the device will rise head foremost in a curved line to the surface, its path being: determined'by its velocity and the position in which the limbs were originally placed. i

By giving certain positions to the limbs relatively to each other, gyrating or'turning motions may be given andby differently disposing the limbs, thefigure may be caused to display an infinite number of movements as it'is plunged intothe water and passes therethrough. V I

I claim 1. A swimming doll having a body,'a, p1u-' rality of members adjustable relatively to rality of members movable relatively to the body, weights in fixed relation to said members whereby the center of gravity of the figure may be changed by changing the positlon of the members relatively to the body, and movable weighting material associated with the body, whereby said center of gravity is further automatically changed. by

changing positions of the doll figure.

3. A swimming doll having a body, a plurality of members movable relatively to the body, weights in fixed relation to said members whereby the same may be shifted relatively to each other to fix the center of gravity of said doll, and movable'weighting means associated with the body portion whereby the center of gravity will be automatically further shifted by changes in position of the figure when immersed.

4. A swimming doll having a body, a plurality of members adjustable relatively to the body to determine its direction when passing through water, and automatically movable weighting [material whereby the center of gravity of the figure is changed by changes of direction in the water.

5. A swimming doll having a body, and a plurality of arms provided with spatulate members adjustable relatively to said body, whereby the direction of the figure may be controlled when passing through water. i

6. A swimming doll having a body, members of relatively greater specific gravity than that of the body jointedly attached thereto, and movable material within the figure to change the center of gravitythere of when the position of the figure is changed.

7 A swimming doll having a body, provided with an elongated tubular receptacle substantiallyin the longitudinal axis thereof, movable weighting material in said receptacle, and adjustable members attached to said body whereby rotary motion may be given on said axis when the device is moved longitudinally in water.

ln'witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 25th day of October, 1920.

ALBERT L. FIERLEIN. 

